Looking at your Flikr photos, that's quite some luggage arangement! Is that an extra 40 litres of petrol per bike??!
My current thoughts on luggage are less=better. I did a 3month trip round the Europe on an old 550/4 with an extensive 'ammo-box' luggage setup a couple of years back, and despite battling with the weight of the bike I decided it still wasn't enough, so the following year built a big steel "trademan's box" sidecar which I attached to an old xs750. I managed to totally fill it on a European run and also a Scotland jaunt, yet something still wasn't quite right. I've now changed my ways and this years Euro-run saw just one ammo-box on the bike for tools, then a kitbag for clothes, and another bag for food+cooking, with the tent+sleeping bag going up front. I've now decided even that was a bit too much.
I think a small meet-up of East-midlands based adventurers is on the cards. A couple of guys nearby to Nottingham have PMed me and mentioned a meetup over a few  s to discuss travelling Russia/Mongolia way. We'll have to arrange something.
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